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    Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm

    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Murray River Country: An ecological dialogue with traditional owners

Murray River Country: An ecological dialogue with traditional owners

Weir, Jessica K.

Paperback

Australia & OceaniaEnvironmental Studies

ISBN10: 0855756780
ISBN13: 9780855756789
Publisher: Aboriginal Studies Press
Published: Jan 1 2009
Pages: 256
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.70 Depth: 9.40
Language: English
Murray River Country discusses the water crisis from a unique perspective the intimate stories of love and loss from the viewpoints of Aboriginal peoples who know the inland rivers as their traditional country. By engaging with the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia's agricultural heartland, Murray River Country goes to the core of our national understandings of who we are and how we can live in this country. These experiences bring a fresh narrative to contemporary water debates about the Murray-Darling Basin, and how we should look to more sustainable ways to live in Australia as our approach to water is changing in the face of water scarcity, drought, climate change, and water mismanagement. Weir wants to move readers beyond questions of how much water will be 'returned' to the rivers, to understand that our economy, and our lives, are dependent on river health. She uses different knowledge traditions to reveal unacknowledged assumptions that trap our thinking and disable us from acting. By engaging with the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia's agricultural heartland, Murray River Country goes to the core of our national understandings of who we are and how we can live in this country.

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